Short Bio
Ralph Schmitt-Nilson is Head of Unit for “Strategy and Regulation: Single Market and Industrial Policy” at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW). The unit is charged with preparing the Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report (ASMCR) and implementing the Internal Market Emergency and Resilience Act (IMERA). Previously, Ralph worked as Assistant to the Director General in DG GROW and as economist in DG ECFIN. He is a trained economist, holding degrees from Yale University, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and ENSAE Paris.